Sentences with phrase «healing ozone layer»

(Related: «Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole» and «Healing the Ozone Layer: Chemist Says Treaty Is Working.»)

That star, called Eta Carinae, could explode like SN 2006gy, which «probably wouldn't be good for Earth,» Corcoran says, because the event could destroy communications satellites and damage the planet's healing ozone layer.

These activities can guarantee that the efforts heal the ozone layer stay on course and do not become sidetracked by unknown and unforeseen events or occurrences.

Not exact matches

Industrial emissions of a chemical commonly used in solvents, paint removers, and the production of pharmaceuticals have doubled in the past few years, researchers have found, which could slow the healing of the ozone layer over Antarctica anywhere between 5 and 30 years — or even longer if levels continue to rise.

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have identified the «first fingerprints of healing» of the Antarctic ozone layer, published today in the journal Science.

«First signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer: September ozone hole has shrunk by 4 million square kilometers since 2000.»

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, which allows harmful ultraviolet radiation to penetrate our atmosphere, is finally starting to heal.

The ozone layer is showing hints of healing.

Scientists say that they have found evidence suggesting the «first fingerprints of healing» of the ozone layer above Antarctica, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

Scientists found that the ozone layer is not healing after all.

The study, Emergence of Healing in the Antarctic Ozone Layer (DOI: 10.1126 / science.aae0061), appears today in Science.

It seems like the effort has all been worth it, as Professor Susan Solomon of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a team of scientists from NCAS and the University of Leeds report the «first signs of healing» of the ozone layer, confirming predictions that the hole in the ozone layer could close by the middle of this century.

Observations and model calculations together indicate that healing of the Antarctic ozone layer has now begun to occur during the month of September.

Scientists found that the ozone layer is not healing after all.

My recent Times column argued that the alleged healing of the ozone layer is exaggerated, but so was the impact of the ozone hole over Antarctica: